Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged Nigerian military officers not to toe the line of their Malian counterparts by seizing power through the guns, saying, “strong military discipline is very important in the sustenance of the country’s democracy.”
Fashola gave the advice during a courtesy visit by officers from National Defence University, Pakistan, to his office in Lagos.
He said: “There is need for us to rally round this system of governance (democracy) to ensure that those ideals that recognises the sovereign power of the people as the collegiate for consensus- building and decision- making on how our lives are ordered must receive attention of all the institutions including the military personnel.
“It is not just enough to say that the responsibility of protecting our democracy belong only to the legislative, political office holders, judiciary and the press, but also rest on the shoulders of the military personnel in the country.
“This is because they have to safeguard the territorial boundary that they represent in order for the government to take foothold in the administration of the country. Whether it is in Europe, Middle-East, Asia or Africa, there is a threat to peaceful existence of the human civilisation as we know it.
The underlying thing is that nothing is more important than the human civilisation on this planet. Government and institutions whether military or civilian exist only for the purpose of working together to promote the best for human beings,” he added.
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